Eating Disorders Awareness Week and ways to help prevent and address disordered eating
Eating disorders are complex illnesses that have serious effects on health and they can affect people of all genders, sexual orientations, racial and …
Day: February 26, 2024
Pennsylvania’s WellSpan Health and Evangelical Community Hospital Announce Definitive Agreement to Combine Health Systems
WellSpan Health and Evangelical Community Hospital have entered into a definitive agreement to enhance community-based health care across the region. …
Study Published: Education in Rural Areas Increases Tendency to Practice There
A study by researchers from the Cecil Sheps Center for Health Services at the University of North Carolina and the National Rural Recruitment and Rete…
Health Care Has a Discrimination Problem
More than half of healthcare workers say racial discrimination against patients is a major problem or crisis, while nearly half report seeing it happe…
Wellspan Is Rolling Out Pennsylvania’s First Med Delivery by Drone
WellSpan Health is partnering with Zipline, the world’s largest autonomous delivery service, to use Zipline’s electric, autonomous drones to trans…
CBO Finds Increased Health Center Funding = Overall Savings
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO), for the first time, has officially recognized that investments in primary care save taxpayer dollars! Increased…
CMS Offers New Vaccine Coverage and Payment Toolkit
A new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) toolkit, Coverage and Payment of Vaccines and Vaccine Administration under Medicaid, the Children’s He…
Heads Up – HRSA Implements New Payment Management System Login Process
In response to recent incidents of fraudulent activity and to strengthen the federal Payment Management System (PMS), the Health Resources and Service…
HRSA Implements New EHB Registration Processes
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Office of Information Technology recently upgraded the agency’s Electronic Handbooks (EHBs) …
Congress Introduces Workforce Innovation Act
The National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) is endorsing a new bill that will support health center workforce needs. Rep. Marc Molina…